And he knocked me off the road to Damascus so that I might know him.....Yes, he did this. I didn't have to do one single thing. He gave me the faith, he gave me his son, he gave me the Holy Spirit. THIS IS GRACE.

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Psalm 19:1-41 The heavens declare the glory of God;And the firmament shows His handiwork.2 Day unto day utters speech,see moreAnd night unto night reveals knowledge.3 There is no speech nor languageWhere their voice is not heard.4 Their line has gone out through all the earth,And their words to the end of the world.

Psalm 19:7-11 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul;The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;see moreThe commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.10 More to be desired are they than gold,Yea, than much fine gold;Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,And in keeping them there is great reward

Charles Blondin the tightrope walker announced one day that he wanted to perform a special feat. He wanted to pull a steel cable across the Niagara Falls and walk across the falls from the Canadian side to the American side while pushing a wheel barrow full of rocks. No one believed he could do such a feat especially a reporter who wrote insee more the newspaper saying that the tightrope walker was crazy. So one day he had a steel cable pulled across the Falls and announced he was going to perform this feat on Sunday. Many people came. When the time came, he took a wheel barrow full of rocks, got on the steel cable and began his difficult journey.It was very windy in Niagara and the rushing waters from the falls are very disturbing and frightening. A steel cable that stretched for over a kilometer is very unstable and sways under his feet. One step at a time, he walked that steel cable. Many times he stopped to catch his breath. About six feet from the end – he pushed the wheel barrow on to the other side – did a cartwheel along the rope and made it to the other side! When he was getting congratulated, he saw the reporter, the one who wrote in the paper saying that he was crazy. He immediately asked the reporter if he still believed he was crazy. The reporter replied he now believed he wasn’t crazy as he saw the feat being done.

Blondin then asked “Do you think I could do it again?” and the reporter said, “Yes.” Blondin then asked the reporter, “Do you believe that I can do this again?” to which the reporter replied, “Yes I believe you can do this again" Blondin then asked again, “Do you really believe?” and the reporter said, “Yes".

Blondin then emptied the wheel barrow full of rocks and said to him, “If you really believe, get in...”

4Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? see more

5 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

6 who will render to each person according to his deeds:

7 to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;

8 but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.

9 There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, 10 but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For there is no partiality with God.

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8 Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us!’ see more

9 But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my fatness with which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’

10 Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come, reign over us!’ 11 But the fig tree said to them, ‘Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?’

12 Then the trees said to the vine, ‘You come, reign over us!’ 13 But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men, and go to wave over the trees?’

14 Finally all the trees said to the bramble, ‘You come, reign over us!’

15 The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’

Run to God rather than Judges, rather than to the rules of the land to settle your disputes. Let God alone be your KING!

Sometimes, we think, as soon as I get to the top of this mountain, I will have arrived and with all the faith, all the strength, going so far past our threshold of patience we finally get there. Hallelujah

And then as we are standing at the top we see that there is anothersee more one.

Don't be discouraged, who knew that what we thought wasn't really it.

Remember, his ways are not ours and keep reaching, keep climbing, don't give up, don't let go, don't go back down the mountain.

Amos 5:12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,You who distress the righteous and accept bribesAnd turn aside the poor in the gate.13 Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it issee more an evil time.

Psalm 12:5

5 “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

In God alone have I put my whole trust, my whole heart. And I hold fast that the desired repentance, reform, revelation and awakening that is always at the root of these times will be seen and known and embraced!!!!

Oh God, I do not desire that any should perish either, Save us from ourselves. and, and, and.... I cling to the rescue you have promised from our oppressors. Please come quick

30 “As for you, son of man, the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses; and they speak to one another, everyone saying to his brother, ‘Please come andsee more hear what the word is that comes from the Lord.’ 31 So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. 32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do not do them. 33 And when this comes to pass—surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”

7 “So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. 8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you shall surelysee more die!’ and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

10 “Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: ‘Thus you say, “If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?”’ 11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

In scripture, the word we translated to mean gossip is Diabolos. Important point, you can't miss this: With the exception of the couple of scriptures that have translated this word to gossip, each and every time this word was used in the majority of instances, it was talking about "the accuser" "the Father of lies" "Satan".

YIKES. one in the same. Gossip and Accuser are one in the same.

Now, let us define "gossip" from a biblical perspective To falsely accuse and divide people without any reason. Speech that is "diabolical"Malicious gossips make a point of speaking slander so as to harm others. Whether toa) promote their own interestsb) to express jealousy or hatredc) or simply to vent their anger,

they take perverse pleasure in damaging reputations and destroying lives. Engulfed and blinded by self-love, malicious gossips do the very work of the Devil, the chief of all slanderers. Like father, like son.

That is a far cry from the world's opinion and attitude about gossip. The world actually deems it harmless.

Not surprising, if you think about it. The Accuser, who is the arch enemy of God, who's only plan is to kill, steal and destroy and who does so by accusation, would indeed enlist help in his campaign by making us believe that what is accusatory is not. The accuser of the brethren needs a mighty army of accusers and how best to do that then to talk someone into biting into an apple and telling them its okay?

I mean, the FALL of man happened because the "accuser" the "devil" the "snake" the "diabolos" made us to believe it was really really harmless. And look, gossip is viewed as harmless, yet gossip is not harmless anymore than a simple little apple wasn't harmless either right?

Here are the scriptures where the word Diabolos was used. Don't take my word for it, see for yourself....

I'm still searching for the bible verses that say that the abundance of life is different from the Life of Jesus, different from the life of the saints, different from the life of the Apostles.

I am pretty sure that its NOT different, and all of those who aresee more insisting it's different are of the mind of the Pharisee and just plain can't believe that Jesus really means what Jesus really said.

It reminds me of the fall of man...God didn't really mean that did he? He didn't really say that did he? And the woman, seeing it was good, seeing it would add wisdom and good to her life, took it and decided that God really didn't mean it, that God really wouldn't curse her and she really wouldn't die if she DID it anyway?

Don't you see the similarities too?

Its so tough isn't it to believe what he really really really says? We so want to change it around.

I mean, seriously, who would ever believed that we would have to drink the blood of Jesus? eat him? How bizarre is that? He really doesn't mean to suffer with him? He really doesn't mean to carry a cross? that is just for other people, not us right?

Immerse yourself in scripture, and detach from the voice of the world around you.

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, see moreDID NOT consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross!

Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put insee more two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

25 With the kind You show Yourself kind;With the blameless You show Yourself blameless;see more26 With the pure You show Yourself pure,And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.27 For You save an afflicted people,But haughty eyes You abase

1 Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, 2 that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality. 3 For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord, 4 begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints, 5 and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God.

Note:

This church was greatly afflictedThis church was poor

YET, they gave exceedingly and abundantly

and it was a JOY

They have the heart of God, the heart of Christ.

FOR GOD so loved the world, he GAVE his only begotten son

Jesus "gave" himself, laid down his life for the unworthy.

Remember, if giving is to get, its business, its not "giving"

If all you do is to receive something, its business

and perhaps one of the reasons so many do not give, for they are anticipating some sort of return and have decided the return is not worth the investment. Too often, when we contemplate giving, we are looking past the giving to 1) is it a good thing to give to 2)will it benefit 3)will it work 4)what changes will it cause.

When we do this, we are in "business" in "investing" and we are not in the Spirit of giving and generosity.

God says bring it......He never asked you to worry about it, protect it, be a steward of your giving.

He told you to be a steward of what you received, not of what you give.

SO, let these scriptures and these encouragements transform and renew so that you might experience the great JOY of serving God and watching him turn 5 loaves and 2 fish into a feast for 5000!